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131 With open mouth I pant,
    because I long for your commandments.(A)

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Book II

(Psalms 42–72)

Psalm 42

Longing for God and His Help in Distress

To the leader. A Maskil of the Korahites.

As a deer longs for flowing streams,
    so my soul longs for you, O God.(A)

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20 My soul is consumed with longing
    for your ordinances at all times.(A)

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Like newborn infants, long for the pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow into salvation(A)

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Warnings against Rejecting God’s Grace

14 Pursue peace with everyone and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.

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In the path of your judgments,
    O Lord, we have placed hope;
your name and your renown
    are the soul’s desire.(A)
My soul yearns for you in the night;
    my spirit within me earnestly seeks you.
For when your judgments are in the earth,
    the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.(B)

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174 I long for your salvation, O Lord,
    and your law is my delight.

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162 I rejoice at your word
    like one who finds great spoil.(A)

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10 I am the Lord your God,
    who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
    Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.(A)

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23 They waited for me as for the rain;
    they opened their mouths as for the spring rain.

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40 See, I have longed for your precepts;
    in your righteousness be gracious to me.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 119.40 Q ms: MT give me life